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Gepytee 1 ~ INS, Mianl, Florida (All 877 123) (RM)
Ree oh | EUGENE L, PAYNE” Omen Miamt, Florida
. ye DECZG age

Pleld Olfice Pile. oo 105-6466 : ‘Deroy File ss

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, Tie Oo) FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO ——- 22! o7e 8
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ii.) Subject, a Cuban refugee, entered tha U.S. on 8/9/60;. 0.
i. i | £xom' Colombia, Subject defected from the (CASTRO governs. ¢
a ment while employed as Cuban Naval Attache tn Caracas,

Venozuela, Subject {6 a former graduate of tha’ Cuban

Rol. Naval Acadomy and in exile has bean involved in contidersble ;
wpe anti-CASTRO, clandestine activity against Cuba. Subject
_ has affiliatod with various anti-CaASTRO organizations in...

sho Miami, Fla., area and fn 11/62, was reported to.ba
associated with an individual having contacts with a

Guatemala government official, ro _

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‘ Investigation in this matter was besed upon ;
inforwation from MM T-1, another government epancy which
conducta security and intelligenca-typa invastigations,
who advised on August &, 1962, that information had bean
received from a sub-sourca of unknow reliability, who
advised ao follows: —_ , :

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Excluded from automatic | i -
downgcading and declasaification .
Thie document dontaine selthet reaomaendations Kar ceaclustona of the Fi. it to ibe property tthe PDL and Ve beaned to,
Yout agency) it aad jie Jodienta Gre nol lo be dietrizuiod Gulakio your agescy. .

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. FELIPE. DAL, 2293 N. W. 7th Strac~ Micat,

_ Flor rida, an individual who. forcerly held a.rc.poasible .

: position dn the Cuban Navy, had accorpanied an individual
identified as JACK.CANNON, a United States citizen,-.on an--
antL-CASTRO clandestine trip to Cuba between October: 18

end. 23, 1961, in which they were purportedly transporting
$80,000.00 worth of o-as.

The boat operated by CANNON,
who also uses the nero CACK SHEA, aad the sudject waa sunk
‘along tho North Coast of Cuba and the arms wero lost.

Although CANNON was allegedly engaged in anti- —
CASTRO activities, if T-1's sub-souzce pointed out that = |
aftor doaling-with him in buainoss end learning about ei
. background, he. suspectad that CANNOH. was actually involve

BACKGROUND

"~ Residence oe | a

Accord! tng to the records of. tegration and-

Naturalization: Service (INS), Micni, F |). as wade:
available on December 6, 1962, by CHARLES CHALLANDES,.

Investigator, subject régides at 2293. We We 7th Serect, .
Miemi, Florida, —

B. Birth Data and Alien Status

on Juna 14, 1961, INS, Miant,; ‘Plorida, made
available to the Miami Office information relating to

em terete mes i eee wee

political refugocs. entezing the United ‘States since
January 1, 1959. Included in this List was FELIPE VIDAL
SANTIAGO, born Fobruary 3, 1926, at Havana, Cuba,

On December 6, 1962, Inveetl gator CHALLANDES,
mentioned above, made available their file Number All 877 123
xealating to tho subject, which contained the following infor-
mation:

VIDAL axrived in the United Steces on Avgust 9,
1960, from Bogota, Colorbia, and applied for a B-2 visa
y ‘Lur four months to visit his refugee wife, ie pointed out .
he was a Lieutenant. in the Cuban Navy fren 1944 to 1956, |
"In 1958 ho effilfated himself with. PIDEL CASTRO and after
January 1, 1959, he was appointed Chicé of the Maritime
Police by. the CASTRO government. On Octcher 16, 1959, he.
wes appointed Naval Atteshe at Caracas, Venezuela, Ha
defected on Maxch 7, 1960,. in Caracas because of the communist
infiltration of the Cuben government,

- Oa April 8, 1961, VIDAL applied for political
AAV ema DAL tndd Leated that in the United States he would
———yeaide at 708 N.'W. 23rd Street, Miemt, Florida, and had .
‘ in his possession a document identifying himself as the con
ordinator of the anti-CASTRO organization Movimiento de — - ot
Liberacfon Democratico Revolucionario,

Ca August 10, 1960, INS obtained a sworn signed
statement from VIDAL in which he stated he was discharged
from the Cuban Navy under the gcvernment of FULGENCIO BATISTA
because of his opposition to BATISTA,

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toes . VIDAL ~sdicated he never joined th= July 26th
: rev “uttonary eg—ettin of FISEL CASTRO, b. was
In Gctobor,

affiliated with all groups cf the revolution, .
1957, VIDAL was co-crdinater of the Crganfzceton Aceion
Resistencia (The Clandestine Resistenca Action Organization).
He nointed out that ia Havana, Cuba, he participated in
disucmination of propaganca, Sadotase organized strikes,

and meetings in jails, all on bebalf of the CASTRO
revolution, ;

: . _ VIDAL pointéd out that in 1953 a pact was formed
to in Caracas naming MANUEL URSUTIA as President of the now

: government, but Chet CASTRO later usuzped the presidency.
_ Aftez URRUTIA was overthrow, VIDAL bocama disonchanted and
1 began. to. cooperate with. cnti-CASTRO organizaticns. Ha So 4
: asked. for foreign duty, and aiter noting. continued CASTRO |
activitids againstthe governcent of RCMULO BETANCOURT

i _ and the movement of Russian agents to Cubs, he zemoved his-
. ‘family from Cuba, want to Colccdia, and defected. Pe

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LER enaremnen cors ey

a VIDAL emphasized that he had never been @
‘member, of the Communist Party in Cuba. | 7

: On October $,. 1962, MM T-2, a Cuban refugee om
familiar with certafa phasés of anti-CASTRO activity ini ot ‘
the Miamf area and who kas Limited J=fvznittoa regarding ==
communist activities incuba, advised that captioned subject
was personally kncwn to kim in Cubs, where he had the repu-

‘tation of being an opportunist and extremely fond of drinking
and cazousing. ‘He was a Captain in CASTRO"s Navy in

i 7 Cienfuegos, Cuba.

SIRAARY OF “AC TIVITIES 2° oDe

Dees : LIVGITIES SINCE DEPECT ON

FROM CASTRO REGIME ice : es
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The December 7, 1960, 2ssua of 1 =
carrier eomnish languaga néewsdavras med lished in Nan vo k
I: Front dn Whont We aaee nee ty eo eee High United Cuban me
; a s  aais article seated thar + i
by moa ore poration in the City of Mtent was amend,

We DAL SANTT NCO ¢ Sroup, which ine luca Commander FELIPE
Libewatie ee the Movement of Bemocretic Revoluti
Lon, Gg others, : ; menonary

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{ >: , On February 20, 1961) any = :

: «with certain cuban activity in'ene watt eee Fentliar
i SANTIAGO VIDAL and another indiveduet © area, advised

i §roup ara purchasing radio equipsent. of an anti-CasTR

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On April 4, 1961. gantos par :
i President of Cuba, sdvieed eo OS PRzO SCCARRAS, former aa
ouned by FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO, concen Gre bt that a boat

to Caracas, Venezuela, had bees Resse reese Naval Attache

I pupae he boat had been sone agoroxinaraly con sqeo ee of

; trip waste repented. PRIO advised tha rurpose fe and

i Ldentified ae eo ee OF Cuda a close friend of PRIO,

i Sa ried as JULIO GARCERAN, forner neetst. 210, x
Sonne court Of Cuba. CARCERAN was to ba pare of the “a
ouch Florida area tn VIDAL's boat sought to the

The July 4, 1962, is :
- > 25S8ué ci the "Dtsev? a Ame
ne ipa langucge newspeper pedlished tn pared las Anezicas,"
; eotitled, "United Front for National Livesacene ;
a iberation,


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- -ating fn effect that the Constitution of 1940 would be -. ;
restored by the berating army and unify © 1 the Cuban . .

anti-comounfst rorcoa. Tha article bore the signature of :
Cocusander FELIPE VIDAL SANTIAGO on behalf of the "Dowocratta
Recovery of Cuba." oo : OS

The April 27, 1962, tasue of the "Miaal Herald,”
. 4& dafly newapapor published {n Miami, carrfed an article |
‘pertaining to the training of exiles in Che Miami aroa, : .
“Subject, on behalf of tho United Liberation Front, was — '
_listed_asona of the participants in chia training, | — Lot

On May 25, 1962, MM T-1 advised that subject ~
d {lit ‘included in the aflitary
le maission of ‘anti-CASTRO Cuban exiles which was boing
|; @&ganized by Central American countries to cooperate in.

action against the CASTRO governnent,.

t: 8, 1962, MM T-1, as previously indicated, | |: :*. we
K CANNON, who claims he 48 engéged in enti-|"|
and has made 43 clandestine trips to Cuba) |: - a,
ps, transporting arma and documents. and ex- .
advised. his ship was amk somewhera alo
he Worth C £ Cuba, but was able to save -himse
sciall plastic boat with an outboard motor which was on -
board, and arrived in.Cay Sals. He reportedly was ac: fo
companted on the trip by FELIPE VIDAL, 2293 N.W. 7th - [://
Street, Miami, ‘Florida, who formerly held a responsible
position in the Cuben Navy during the CASTRO. regime, On.
this trip, CANNOW caid they were transporting $80,000.00
worth of arms. and these were xeportedly lost when the boat:

; According to the source of MM T-1, JACK CANNON, : 7
who “s a United States citizen and former CASTRO guerrilla~ SG

Iman, ie suspected of working for the Cuben government. Ha
resides at.2020 H. E, 135th Street, North Miant, Florida,
Where he and his Cuban wife, MARIA SUAREZ, ate tenants,
The cource of MM T-1 advised he had had some business
relations with CANNON and upon: obtafhing some information
about him, strongly suspects he is LZnvolved in sowe clandes-
tine mission for the CASTRO regine, with ramifications of
eriminal offenses in Miami, He étated he suspects CANNON
is the seme man who was known in Cuba by the nase of DUVAL
nd who was MORGAN's adjutant during the executions per- |

forned in’ Cuba. . by je paast
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MM T-1 advised ‘that on August 27, 1962, FRANK t ,

~FIORINZ, “an individual active in anti-CASTRO activity, had ]-
indicated that he had participated in discussions for tha
previous three days with the subject and other meabers
connected with. the JULIO GARCERAN group. PIORINT had.
discussed participation in activity relating to the pro- ;
¢urement of crews for a number of 3-26 planes, and it was
decided thet. candidates. for these crewa were not to be
members of the anti-CASTRO Cuban Revolutionary Council.

| According to MM T-1, the pilots recruited were to
be sent to unnamed Central American bases and targets were
to be Guantanamo Naval Base and the City of Santiago de
Cuba, or some target in that general vicinlty. No specific
dete was set for this operation, but FIORINI was given the
dite of August 31, 1962, as a tima lift to-find crews.
FLORINI stated he had offered his sarvices to VIDAL, but.
was-told ha could not participate, £..,: .

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= SF ocecher 22, 1962, MM T-4, who b- 8 been in-

. Volved tn Cuban volut {onary activities fo. che past
aor five years, advised that the subject was planning to
depart that dato for Cuba on a military mission, Ac-
cording to tM T-4, VIDAL was accompanied by the Anerfean
adventurer ROY HARGRAVES, ' VIDAL allegedly has 15 men
in his group and recently viattead New York.

Poe On November 19, 1962, -H Th advised that VIDAL's
oh friend, ROY HARGRAVES, ig a friend of JOUN BONILLA, Consul
per General, of Guatemala, and that poth are mutual “‘Ertends of

“yo a 4. ‘aguan revolutiontse, This Nicaraguan recently |

epee a wee 4de .

“On. October 29, 1962, wr 44-4 advised that the
Subject was Lanning a pisaton ‘0 Mba. . ib
‘recently. get . 6
_ been a

' Ld ; ’ st, his boat wag.
fall: an gunboat, and that. ‘when they were ten
flea. “off ‘tha. Pagar, another gunbo, a

survelllance, -A

- turned to Miswot. . ha
using ¢ herrowed bot and the purpose ~

Statens eee et ee

u& Ha was re
of tha misaton waa tq drop an ageng dn ¢ the Matanzas Provirice
of Gubee : 7

On Novesber ‘ts, 1962, YM T-4 advised that approxi-
mately threa weeka previously the subject h had departed from

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Vaca Key, Marathon, Florida, jn 4 private boat on a ertp

aan ts Cubéy
a * PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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| ; . _ ,' The following $9 § physical description of the
toy subjects. . ee
i Name SU ).) PELEPE VIDAL SANTIAGO
qf ‘ Alfaa a Felipe Vidal
qf ' Race ff White
: Sex jf - Male
i! Pata of Birth, (f! . February 3, 1926
ae Placa of Birth/ . : Havana, Cuba ;
Addrasa oo 2293 N. W, 7th Street
Hi oe Milani, Florida
Hoot .* Hefght nh _
ti : Build co." Slender om
oy Hair “ole: Brown, receding
! . Peculiarities '°-°-- |. Wears mustache
; H ’ Gecupation, (try...) Cuban Naval: Offteer
oe ‘Marital Stepug °) Married _ _
i Wife oy dat RAQUEL GONZALEZ FEAL ca
: Father eo ts * HONORATO VIDAL MADRAZO’
of Mother CO “MARIA DEL CARMEN SANTIAGO
> | ' ALVAREZ
a! Fingorprint "°° Ps
if Classification 19 17) WO MITE OIE
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Cuban Passport No. . 01432

‘ Alien Number be: ALL 877 §23 Se

